Oh, god, not another dream sequence to open the show. Here we have Sarah, outfitted with some kind of automatic weapon, traipsing through the jungle, and -- oh, wait, it's not a dream sequence; it's a flashback. Sarah voiceovers that of all the training John got in some L.A. park that's passing for the jungles of South America, nothing prepared him for combat like learning to play chess. Well, what a great steaming load that is. Next time he's up against a Terminator, he can try the Ruy Lopez opening and see how far that gets him. Maybe his training should have involved less chess and more driving lessons, huh? As we cut to the present day, with Sarah doing chin-ups on a swing set, she explains how chess taught John that to win, you must be patient, bold, calculating, and willing to sacrifice.

After swallowing a barrage of pills, presumably the cancer-preventing kind, Sarah's cell phone rings. It's Andy. Sarah's mildly surprised to hear from him. Hey, I wonder what that mysterious woman who asked a bunch of questions about my chess-playing computer right before that computer was destroyed in a fire is up to? She just kind of disappeared right after my computer was destroyed. Think I'll give her a call. He says that his house burning down was a blessing in disguise, and he wants Sarah to come meet him at the chess tournament he's entered in Pasadena. Chess tournament? Next thing you know, there's a puff of smoke and a Sarah-shaped hole in the wall, because who could resist that?

Elsewhere, good ol' Charley Dixon, who is apparently just heading to work or coming home from work, because he's in his uniform, opens his front door to find Chrome Artie standing there, sharply turned out in a dark suit. Or, as Chrome Artie introduces himself, "Agent Kester" of the FBI. He says he needs to ask Charley a few questions about Sarah Connor. Charley glances furtively behind himself, then invites "Agent Kester" inside.

Cameron and John are doing homework in the kitchen. John asks Cameron if she's good at math. She says yes. "You want to do mine?" asks John. Again: "Yes." So John hands it over as Sarah stomps in to say Andy rebuilt his computer. John says he thought Sarah "napalmed" the Turk, and Sarah explained that Andy has spent every waking moment since the fire in a coffee shop rewriting the code from memory. John understands this: "Good code is like a good song in your head: it's gotta come out." Cameron's response is just as poetic in its own way: "You should have killed him when you had the chance." Sarah snaps that she's surprised it took Cameron so long to bring that up, and Cameron explains she's busy with John's homework, earning John a reproachful look. Give him a break; she's just like a big fancy calculator.